On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:46 -0400, Austin wrote: > > Well, test it. Install all other codecs (especially ffmpeg, > > libffmpeg51 , gstreamer-ffmpeg and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, libfaad2_0, > > gstreamer0.10-faad, gstreamer-faad...), remove win32-codecs, and see if > > you have any files you can't play. > > > > IMHO PLF is not about "let's make it easy for non-Stallman users". It's > > about "let's provide useful software that we can't legally distribute > > _in cases where the law is an ass_" (i.e. patents). > > And in my opinion, PLF is not about Mandriva, and it's not about > non-Stallman users, and it's not about being useful. > > I joined and contributed under the belief that it was about raising > awareness of the gray areas of intellectual property in general. And > I'll pretty much divorce myself of the organization in general if that > is not the case.
My point is that there's really nothing grey about win32-codecs. Software patents are a grey area. Flat out copyright infringement is not. -- adamw -- adamw _______________________________________________ PLF-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss
